Battle Scars?

Otay....how many of ya'll got some good "wounds" from the trip to PF? I know I did!
First, I ran over someone's exhaust pipe they left in the road!(on I40, in N-ville, trip to PF) Put a fairly large DENT in the trans crossmember. Don't know what other damage it did yet. I have to get it to the shop & raise it up for a thorough inspection.

Then, I noticed a GOOD SIZED CHIP in the paint, on the hood! I didn't notice this until yesterday, as we were stopped in N-ville for fuel. I know it wasn't there Sat. so it had to have happened Sun. morn, on the road home.

I also ran over a couple of gators(blown tires from big trucks), one on the way to, and one on the way from PF.
Mama also hit the second one, and it put a BIG dent in the rocker panel of the Cad.

Oh well...small price to pay for the chance to meet with the C3VR members! Would I do it again?
YES!!!

Yep, thars a lil S hook lookin thingy that is suppost to provide help to hold up them doors. Well the drivers side now seems to be more of a candy cane. (That ain't rite)
Then there's the mystry sound a commin from under the car when ya come to a complete stop and begin ta start again. Sounds to be a commin from the vicinity of the driveshaft. She moves about fine but again (That ain't right)
Passenger side header gasket is gonna blow out if'n I don't change it before long. (an that's not funny but rite) We run her pretty hard on the Dragon an didn't give her much relief out on the road to PF or back to Podunk.
Who knows under the grime thar might be a chip r 3. Nuttin that $$ can't fix. An that thars the Gospel.
Like Joel would we do r again.... EEEWWW YEAH.

Hey Joel, do you guys drive with your eyes closed?

I always thought we own these cars to be driven.  If you drive 'em they aint gonna be pristine forever.

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Hey Joel, do you guys drive with your eyes closed?

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Well...yeah....don't you?
If you get behind enough idjits in traffic, sooner or later you're gonna run over sumpthin you don't see coming. Since I don't ever drive my '74, I just made up for it all on this trip!

Oh no!!  Your car's paint is gonna start lookin' like mine........copy cat!!  

Oh, sorry, I forgot you guys actually have traffic over there.

Well, I "washed" the turd down this morn.
Found quite a few more boo-boos, mostly across the nose, but a few behind the front wheels, too. Also noticed the "Corvette" lettering across the rear seems to have some corrosion. Did it rain while we were there or something?
Gonna have to get it up in da air, so I can wipe all the minor surface rust off of the driveshaft/halfshafts, and re-oil them down.
I'd still do it agin!!

Joel, I just dont' know what your talking about.

I developed a slight radiator leak after the dragon, but a can of Bar's Leak stopped that.  Other than that everything worked just as it did when I got home as it had when I left home.  Granted in the 1200 miles or so I drove, I did flush the fuel line.

Stone chips????  Gotta have paint to get chips!!!  Hey, there is a positive for me!  

I need to fix the A/C and find out what the noise is from in the rear wheel.   It's annoying when you have a list of things to do.    

[QUOTE=Iron82] I need to fix the A/C and find out what the noise is from in the rear wheel.   It's annoying when you have a list of things to do.     [/QUOTE]
And don't forget that annoying problem of not starting when hot.